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Many of the conversations we have with architects and designers often lead to discussions about influences and inspirations that, most of the time, have little to do with the world of design itself. Visual arts, music, dance, literature and the like are often quoted as catalysts for some of the most inspiring spaces, and, in this issue, we sought to explore those connections and the nebulous middle ground where they coincide. In our Shorts section, we preview two homes that act as public urban sculptures (one in Wanaka, another one in Auckland) and chat to an artist with a penchant for surrealism who has become a homewares designer with a passion for minimalism. For our cover story, we step into the artful living quarters of two industrial designers. We explore…

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The gallery Extended photographic coverage of the stories in this magazine gives you more interiors, architecture, people, art and beyond! Digital edition Browse Urbis magazine on your tablet or smartphone; it’s available on the Zinio app. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for the latest design news. More information is at urbismagazine.com Interviews Access extended interviews with the minds behind some of the homes and events within this issue, such as interior designers from Grade New York, Apparatus, authors coming to the Auckland Writers Festival plus others.…

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Dean Cornish New Zealand-born Dean Cornish is a director, producer and writer based in Los Angeles. When not working in exotic destinations, he can be found tinkering with gadgets, taking photographs or roaming the Hollywood Hills with his small, scruffy dog. What interests you about the ways in which technology has been developing? This is going to be an interesting and possibly chaotic year for technology. On the unknown side is the roll-out of 5G mobile technology, the continued development of AI and machine learning, and the continued way in which our realities are challenged by what we see online. On the positive side, we’re seeing businesses, cities and individuals becoming more accountable for their environmental impacts; this can now be achieved and measured more easily, thanks to a myriad…

String quintet The Laurent collection, a sleek variety of suspended opaline globes by Montreal-based Lambert & Fils, calls upon delicate-looking support systems. Here, thin, polished brass and parallel wires work together like sculptural cogs to keep five glassy forms afloat. backhouse.co.nz Branching off Markus Hofko, formerly based in New Zealand, is a multi-hyphenate whose curriculum vitae includes graphic designer, director, actor, music composer, publisher and artist. Recently, he returned to Germany, his home country, and started another exciting chapter: a furniture and homewares label called Von Morgen. “I came from a rather digital-oriented field of graphic design and, over the years, I tended to execute my work in an analogue manner, using photography in combination with object or set design to realise an idea,” says Hofko of the brand’s origins.…

The Artist 24 March–11 April / Wellington Thom Monckton’s The Artist, a solo-physical comedy on the obstacles of creativity and the chaos that ensues for Monckton’s painter-character, is coming to Circa Theatre. circa.co.nz Ocean Film Festival World Tour 25 March–2 May / Various locations Over two hours of six short films by independent film-makers on ocean exploration, marine life, sports and more will be on screens in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Tauranga and Wellington. oceanfilmfestivalworldtour.com/new-zealand Transmission: Kereama Taepa Until 3 May / Auckland Using a combination of virtual reality, 3D-printing techniques and whakairo (carving), Kereama Taepa brings his innovative edge to te ao Māori in this exciting exhibition curated by Ane Tonga. objectspace.org.nz Auckland Art Fair 29 April–3 May / Auckland With its 2019 iteration resulting in the sale of…

The House of Glam Gestalten, approx. $150 Too much, even as the vaguest of quantities, seems as if it does not exist in this book. Yet there is something measured, even precise, in the interiors it contains. From a library with a gold-leaf ceiling to an apartment with a style dubbed ‘exotic futurable’, they have all required a well of wit, in the sense of imaginative thinking and shrewd intelligence. The pocket of young designers pushing this maximalism forward has, in turn, found ingenious ways to make rooms feel like more than rooms, as if the spaces were, instead, identities or extensions of identities. The House of Glam is a rip-roaring ride into an assortment of visual feasts from homes around the world, serving insights on expressive decoration from some…

Editor, author and strategist Cliff Kuang will be in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival (see facing page). Here, he explores the books currently on his shelves. For a full reading list, visit urbismagazine.com Pulphead John Jeremiah Sullivan, 2011 Sullivan has managed to see the world in an entirely original way. His book opens your mind to the possibility of what’s been hiding in plain sight. It helps you see things once again in maximum texture, as it is when you travel to a new country. In this essay collection, Sullivan calls America – which made us both – a “vast and blood-soaked jigsaw puzzle”, which seems exactly right. Our culture is a mix of awful history, high-flown values, numbing consumerism and surprising grace. Sullivan’s able to see that…

Dan Brunn has taken the idea of home entertaining to the next level. While it’s common to see a project description include the various suppliers involved – a kitchen by X, bathrooms by Y and, perhaps, flooring by Z – the Tel Aviv native’s Los Angeles Bridge House rattles off a list of sponsors. More surprising among the group is BMW. What does the car brand have to do with a home in the residential neighbourhood of Hancock Park? Principal of his eponymous architecture studio, Brunn wanted to use the home – whose name derives from the fact that it physically bridges a natural stream – as a “demonstration of innovative systems and forward-thinking processes”. Presenting a new way to think about residential development, he wanted to create a space…

From a lamp 3D-printed in sand to colourful armchairs that play between harsh and soft materials: youthfulness and an intrinsic joie de vivre abound.…

Phase One IQ4 The Phase One IQ4 stills camera has more pixels than does any consumer model by far: 150 megapixels, to be precise. In addition to chomping through the memory cards, this camera delivers a stunning medium-format image and includes a standard 80mm lens. All this tech comes in a reassuringly old-school package – basically, a brick with four buttons on it – and weighs more than 2kg. It’s a lot to hold in one hand and, of course, megapixels = megabucks.You can pick up a Phase One IQ4 for around $70,000 at phaseone.com Soda Lyfe Planter If you’re looking for a little fresh air after that onslaught, then consider the Soda Lyfe Planter. Yeah, that little plant pot is floating above its base – thanks to magnetic levitation.…

If The Scrap Yard had its own aphorism, it would be that rebirth is a commonly rewarding business. Its born-again story began in 2018 when it was still a demolition and salvage yard on Grey Lynn’s unassuming Westmoreland Street. In that year, it was purchased by Henla Limited, the company behind Auckland developments such as City Works Depot, Osborne Lane and Ponsonby Fire Station, mixed-use establishments that each seem like the building equivalent of a power suit: steely, sharp, confident on a molecular level. An extensive renovation later and the site – its name a nod to its past life – emerged as a modish precinct, sharing the anatomy of these forebears. Now, it, too, is a possessor of brick and concrete and muscular angles, of an industrial-chic style that…

BMW X3 M Competition BMW’s in-house tuner is in overdrive, applying full-on M magic to a host of new models. At the heart of the action is the X3 M Competition, the practical and nicely proportioned mid-sized SUV transformed into an authentic M-division flyer. It’s partnered in the range by the X4 M, which exhibits even more flair with its swept-back roof line and wider rear track. Both have cockpits that treat drivers to the customary cocooning and trappings of a top-drawer BMW M sports saloon but with the benefit of an elevated ride height. A comprehensive aero package and special 21-inch alloys immediately set the X3 M apart. And serious sporting intent is confirmed upon start-up of the most advanced development to date of BMW’s twin-turbo straight-six. Consider it…

Imagine: you pick up your paintbrush one day, perhaps out of boredom, and make a few small works, each no bigger than an A4 sheet of paper. You have a full-time job so this is just for fun – something to make your creative juices flow. But, then, one of those small studies ends up thrusting you into the spotlight and you somehow end up presenting a huge show at one of Australasia’s most renowned art fairs. How would that feel? Just ask Evi O. Born in Indonesia, she relocated to Australia at the age of 17, and has become a designer and self-taught artist. The Sydney resident trained as a visual-communication designer and wanted to work in publishing. She took on a role in the industry at the age…

Evi’s favourite things

01. Don Draper My monstera deliciosa plant called Don Draper lives up to his name. He’s sensitive but handsome. 02. Studies Two early studies from the Cream and Double Cream exhibitions – where it all started. 03. Bed It’s hard to find a well-made, minimal-looking bed at an affordable price. I can be very particular so I worked with two locals to design one. David Harrison helped me with drawings and Gary Galego crafted and perfected the structure. 04. Ceramic cups A shelf of ceramic cups – received, bought, made, collected. I don’t buy in pairs. 05. Henri My loyal, sooky whippet. He’s been with me for two years now and has done a good job of giving routine to my packed life. 06. Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama A small…

Evi’s favourite things

… a shrine to the art, ceramics and jewellery she’s been collecting for the past couple of decades, from the framed images by the late Peter Peryer to Paul Melser ceramics. Courtney Johnston wouldn’t call her career rise meteoric, even if everyone else does. The 40-year-old took the reins of Te Papa Tongarewa last December, the youngest-ever chief executive of New Zealand’s national museum. But Johnston has spent much of her life under the spell of museums, galleries and the art world – from a degree in art history at Victoria University of Wellington to arts commentating for Radio New Zealand, promoting Wellington’s City Gallery and, for five years, heading up The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt. “Some were surprised by my appointment, particularly because of my age,” says…

Courtney’s favourite things

01. Brown belt I have been awarded the brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It ties with my current job as the achievement I’ve worked hardest for and am most proud of. 02. Coffee grinder My very, very beat-up coffee grinder is held together with packing tape (waste not want not, right?). 03. Book My favourite book is Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle. I reread it every couple of years and, each time, find myself relating differently to this classic coming-of-age story. 04. Perfumes About 10 years ago, I went through a phase of learning about and buying perfumes, and, while I’ve slowed down, I have about 20, with about a dozen in rotation and four or five that I wear most often. My two favourites sit on opposite ends…

Courtney’s favourite things

Across the dividing sea

Sally Dan-Cuthbert is broadening the way visual art and functional design are viewed by breaking down categorisations that, traditionally, have kept them separate. There aren’t too many prominent art-world figures from either Australia or New Zealand with the type of credibility that Sally Dan-Cuthbert has. The independent Sydney-based art advisor has been working with a handful of private and corporate clients for the past 27 years and, before that, she was a painting specialist for Christie’s auction house and a curator. Her list of contacts is nothing short of impressive and her professional knowledge and expertise are formidable. Little wonder people had been telling her for ages she should open her own gallery and so, in late 2019, she did just that. Located in Rushcutters Bay, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert reveals…

Across the dividing sea

Maximalist empire

Part of what the Flatiron space needed, according to the duo, was luxuriance. To what was essentially a blank slate, a big white box, they added “lushness”. Moving cities or starting a business: these are two pretty major events in anyone’s life. But how about doing both in very close succession? Such was the case for Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, who co-founded New York City-based design studio Apparatus in 2012. The pair met in Los Angeles – Hendifar was working in womenswear and Anderson in PR – before the latter’s job took them to the Big Apple. “Surrounding the move, a lot of questions came up about what the next chapter would be like, what kind of life we wanted,” says Hendifar. “After moving in together in Los Angeles,…

Maximalist empire

Sand is fickle; it moves, adjusts. A house is more constant; there’s a groundedness to its bearing. How these two work together is not an art so much as a balance between opposites and elements. In Tairua, hugging a dune reserve on the Coromandel, Gavin Donaldson’s recently finished coastal project has this sense of equilibrium. A picturesque beachscape washes into the lounge, cloaking it in a dreamy haze of seashore beige and sand-binding grasses. The residence appears as if it’s content to fall into its environment, to flow with the site typography and its gentle slope upwards from the street, and connect to the beach. At a glance, the dunes and home are a perfect pairing: mutable and solid, and in touch with one another. This was what Donaldson wanted…

Your ordinary brick is a ubiquitous building material that’s been used in architecture since ancient times: functional, cost-effective, commonplace. However, the architectural and spatial effects created with brick can be anything but ordinary. Australian architecture studio Benn+Penna used the humble brick for this rear addition to a bungalow on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. The studio designed three interlocking brick pavilions with carved-out spaces, creating a composition of solid, monolithic volumes and transparent, skeletal forms. “We talked about the building looking almost like a ruin,” says Andrew Benn, director of Benn+Penna. “The brick has a stone-like quality so the buildings appear to emerge out of the ground; and the emphasis on negative space makes the structure look quite ruinous.” The clients are parents of two teenaged children. Their existing brick bungalow…

Draft of shadows

… the main reason for such minimalist, neutral design is to provide the perfect backdrop for the owner’s art collection, all of which is on display, carefully curated throughout. When Moisés Micha came across an abandoned four-storeyed townhouse in Mexico City’s affluent Chapultepec district, he purchased it without a second thought. The 1970s’ brutalist building may be startlingly oversized for a bachelor pad, but the co-founder of boutique hotel brand Grupo Habita saw its potential as an urban sanctuary and the perfect home to accommodate his extensive (and ever-growing) art collection. There was considerable work involved to get it to a liveable state, though, especially since the interior had previously undergone a shoddy renovation, which divided it into poky apartments. So, Micha engaged Belgian architect Nicolas Schuybroek, who collaborated with…

Draft of shadows

Courtyard dreams

When Nick and Clare McIntosh and their two primary-school-aged children moved in to their new home in the Auckland neighbourhood of Grey Lynn, they already knew the house. “We had lived [two doors down],” says Clare. They also knew what changes they wanted to make. UK-born Clare was inspired by the work of designer John Pawson – the consummate minimalist – whose ideas she came across as a child. “My grandfather and father were both builders,” she explains, “so we had lots of architecture books around the house.” Later, when she worked at the BBC, she produced a documentary on Pawson – and, later still, while working on a travel programme about New Zealand, she fell in love with the country and relocated. Then she met Nicholas, a builder. Her…

Courtyard dreams

Living with art

Trust is design’s great intangible. Once it is implicit, the project has the best possible chance of ending up beyond the client’s wildest dreams. It also ensures that the process is a joy every step of the way. With this Brazil-based couple, trust existed before the start, thanks to a shared connection with a one-time GRADE colleague. The confidence it engendered became the catalyst for every decision in the couple’s art-filled pied-à-terre in Sir Norman Foster’s tower in far-west Chelsea, practically on the Hudson River. For art lovers as passionate as these two, no other building and no other neighbourhood made sense. With interior and exterior architecture as distinctive as Foster’s, it is natural to take advantage of the design cues and opportunities they provide. The sweep of the living…

Living with art

What were the clients’ main requests? Edward Yedid (EY): We learned how important art and design are to them, and their preferences in terms of palette. They wanted their home to feel calm. When we met, the husband was dressed from head to toe in softly toned cashmere. That’s what the apartment needed to feel like. It’s located on the Hudson River so we sought to capitalise on the water views as well. We selected the furniture and works of art, but took our curation role further by treating the architecture and interior as works of art, too. The dining room highlights our concept. We designed the table to celebrate the views of the water outside. Above, a suede-wrapped ceiling canopy – which helps to make the space more intimate…

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